Benjamin Thut

Benjamin Thut

Benjamin Thut's connection to design and production is firmly rooted: born in 1959 Benjamin Thut initially graduated as a machine mechanic before studying interior design and design at the Zurich School of Design and Art. In the 1980s and 1990s, Benjamin Thut worked predominately as an independent designer, and developed, amongst other projects, the innovative Lifto desk lamp for Belux, a work into which he incorporated mechanics from the automotive industry. Today Benjamin Thut is a manufacturer: in 1998, together with his brother Daniel Thut, he took over his father Kurt Thut's company, a firm who for decades had stood for clear, reduced and high-quality furniture in the tradition of functionalism.